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Line 8: Batman's Got a Gun. Can, and often does, overlap with [[Let's Get Dangerous]], [[Big Damn Heroes]], [[~~OOC~~Out-of-Character Isis Serious Business]], and/or [[Despair Event Horizon]]. It's a kind of [[Godzilla Threshold]]. Pretty much always results in an [[Oh Crap]] moment for the villain. Can be a [[Moment of Awesome]], but it will ''always'' be [[Played for Drama]]. This trope isn't just a hero doing something they wouldn't normally do. It's a hero doing something they're fundamentally against (see the examples below). If the hero has ever done it before (at least, during their heroic career), it's not this trope. This is the hero breaking their ''golden rule''. Happens most frequently to the [[Retired Badass]], [[Knight in Shining Armor]], or [[Invincible Hero]], often during a [[What You Are in the Dark]] moment. Line 17: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash uses guns all the time. However, as a master of [[Improbable Aiming Skills]], he uses it solely for trick shots, and when in serious trouble, will at most shoot a person somewhere where they'll heal. He doesn't believe in a situation where you can't save everyone. However, {{spoiler\|at one point, he is given a true no win scenario, where the villain sets up a situation that will result in the death of his friends, unless the villain is killed (he has... issues). After much hesitation, Vash kills him. He [[Heroic BSOD\|doesn't take it well]]. Bear in mind that this was merely [[The Dragon]] he killed, and getting himself shot was the whole point.}} * Miria in ''[[Claymore]]'' breaks her one rule of never killing fellow Claymores during her battle against {{spoiler\|Hysteria the Elegant}}, as that was the only way to end the fight before {{spoiler\|a recently Awakened Cassandra}} killed all her allies. Line 49: == Film == * In''[[ High Noon]]'', Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly), a devout Quaker, comes to the rescue of her new husband Will Kane (Gary Cooper) when she {{spoiler:\| shoots one of his enemies from behind, violating her pacifist beliefs in order to save Will's life}}. * In ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]'', protagonist Jimmy the Saint spends the last twenty minutes or so of the movie doing all the things he spent the whole movie trying to avoid doing. * In ''[[Wizards]]'', [[Actual Pacifist]] wizard Avatar confronts his [[Cain and Abel\|evil brother]] Blackwolf, {{spoiler\|and rather than engage him in a [[Wizard Duel]], simply pulls out a gun and shoots him dead.}} Line 72: ** The Eleventh Doctor takes a soldier's pistol in the climax of "The Time of Angels." However, he only uses it to {{spoiler\|destroy a Gravity Globe and engineer an escape from the Weeping Angels.}} * ''[[Leverage]]'': Elliot Spencer does not like guns. He never said he couldn't use them. * ''[[White Collar]]'''s [[Con Men Hate Guns\|Neal]] snaps in this manner when he has a chance to encounter and kill the man who {{spoiler\|he believes}} killed {{spoiler\|[[Love Interest\|Kate]]}}. All of his friends are so worried about him being in this state that when [[Conspiracy Theorist\|Mozzie]] finds out he's got a gun, [[~~OOC~~Out-of-Character Isis Serious Business\|he immediately calls Peter, an FBI agent]], which is ''his'' equivalent of this trope. * [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] [[Doesn't Like Guns]]. She thinks they're not helpful, she has terrible aim with them and has a vested interest in not involving gunplay, not the least being one of her best friends and secret ~~confident~~confidant was killed with a gun. Her normal reaction is to either advise not to use guns or to dispose of them. Nonetheless, she can and does use them. A rocket launcher against a demon (or to try and kill the school ~~principle\~~principal/Slayer's son\/future love interest when he suspends the boy she's currently keen on,), threatens another demon with his own rifle, and arms the Slayers to fight an army. == [[Music]] == * In the ''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)\|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]'', Batman stole [[Indiana Jones]]' gun, and he shot, and he missed. Then [[Jackie Chan]] deflected it with his fist. == [[Video Games]] == * Faith from ''[[Mirror's ~~Edge\|Mirrors~~ Edge]]'' applies to this;<ref>Based on her personal politics and ignoring [[Video Game Cruelty Potential\|player cruelty potential]]</ref> considering her [[Death by Origin Story\|parents were shot for protesting]], [[Thicker Than Water\|her sister is a cop]] and the player is [[That One Achievement\|generously awarded for not so much as]] ''[[That One Achievement\|shooting]]'' [[That One Achievement\|anyone]], you ''know'' Faith is pissed when she's pointing a gun at an officer. * Played with in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', with Snake's rule not to use CQC (added to the series in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', a prequel, so presumably Snake knew it since before ''[[Metal Gear ~~1987~~(video game)\|Metal Gear]]''), because of Big Boss' betrayal of FOXHOUND. He uses it [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!\|because his first response to someone using it on him is to respond in kind]]. While [[Enfant Terrible\|Liquid]], [[Magnificent Bastard\|Ocelot]], [[Shell-Shocked Veteran\|Gray FOX]] and [[President Evil\|Solidus]] might have known it, they all either had their own highly effective fighting styles, or were just never never in a situation where they would use it. * Played brilliantly straight in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni\|Dante and Virgil]] are twins who are the sons of the demon Sparda. Dante chose to fight against demons, despite being half-demon himself, while Virgil joined them. Dante uses his pistols, Ebony and Ivory, and his [[~~BFS~~Blade of Fearsome Size\|sword]]; Virgil only uses his [[Katanas Are Just Better\|katana, Yamato]], [[Does Not Like Guns\|hating guns]] because he believes them dishonorable. However, when push comes to shove, [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)\|Virgil ends up taking one of Dante's guns and the pair shoot]] [[Big Bad\|Arkham]] simultaneously, finishing him off. * Sort of in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', in the [[Tear Jerker\|Overlord DLC]]. Paragon!Shepard isn't completely averse to violence, but tends to keep it as a last resort. Later in the mission, there is a paragon interrupt to pistol whip a [[Complete Monster]] because of his [[Moral Event Horizon]], not in self-defence. And it's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)\|awesome]]. Line 89: Deadman [[Heroic BSOD\|doesn't react too well either]]. Another episode has an [[Alternate History]] version of Batman grab a gun from a fellow resistance fighter. Of course, his parents weren't killed by a lone gunman right in front of him, but killed by Hugo Savage's soldiers storming Wayne Manor. * ''[[Batman: The ~~Brave And The Bold\|Batman the~~ Brave And The Bold]]'' plays with this in the [[Grand Finale]]. [[Reality Warper\|Bat-Mite]], [[Medium Awareness\|trying to get the show cancelled]], alters the show dramatically with many [[Jump the Shark]] mainstays, while [[Ambush Bug]] tries desperately to prove to a disbelieving Batman that it's ''not'' right for him to have a wife, a sickeningly cute daughter, and obvious toy tie-in gear. He finally gets Batman's attention when Bat-Mite makes him use guns, which Bug points out is completely [[Out of Character]] for Batman, and this makes the turning point of the episode where Batman starts fighting back as well. {{reflist}} [[Category:Drama Tropes]] [[Category:~~Batman Grabs a Gun~~{{PAGENAME}}]]